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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ828893
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jan
Pages: 9
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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: Clinical and Biological Contributions to a Relation Revisited
Rapopart, Judith; Chavez, Alex; Greenstein, Deanna; Addington, Anjene; Gogtay, Nitin
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, v48 n1 p10 Jan 2009
Clinical, demographic, and brain development data on childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) and family, imaging and genetic data from studies of autism were reviewed. It is found that COS is preceded by and comorbid with autism/pervasive developmental disorder and schizophrenia in 30 to 50 percent of cases based on two large studies.
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Autism, Children, Brain, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Genetic Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Literature Reviews
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